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FIG. 31. A SLIME-FUNGUS (Stemonitis fusca). 



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The plasmodium stage, in which thousands of swarm-spores have united into a creamy mass which moves 

 with a rolling motion prior to forming into sporangia. Natural size. 



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FIG. 32. A SLIME-FUNGUS (Comatricha obtusata). 



ansidered to be animals an 

 Natural size. 



The ultimate stage (sporangia) of the remarkable organisms which are variously 

 are shown like pins sticking in the piece of rotten wood. 



